Old Pictures

Will Robertson of the Washington Bicycle Club riding an American Star Bicycle down the steps of the United States Capitol, 1885

By the way when Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon first dressed as women, they decided to walk around the Goldwyn Studios and check if they could pass as female. They tried using mirrors in public ladies rooms to fix makeup, and when none of the women using it noticed something was wrong, they understood that…

The older woman sitting in the front is an 80 year old suffragist Isolda Dubic, supporter of 1920’s ERA. A banner reads: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”

Crowded ships like this we see on a photo brought back troops for months after V-Day.